Sentences with phrase «from habitat destruction»

They also face other threats from habitat destruction, continued poaching for ivory, meat and hides; trophy hunting; and removal because of conflicts with humans.

This path has, to a certain extent, led them to avert their eyes from the habitat destruction that will almost certainly ensue.

The macaw is just one of many magnificent animal species at risk from habitat destruction, including the jaguar, the night monkey, and the resplendent quetzal, Guatemala's national bird.

Birds are already under stresses from habitat destruction, pollution, climate change and other animals, such as squirrels, who eat unattended eggs.»

Today's seas continue to face these threats, as well as from habitat destruction, warming and ocean acidification.

The macaw is just one of many magnificent animal species at risk from habitat destruction, including the jaguar, the night monkey, and the resplendent quetzal, Guatemala's national bird.

Not exact matches

We now know that nature can not take care of itself, that human beings can degrade it not only locally but globally, that the species God created and saved from the flood are threatened by human expansion into their habitats, destruction of their food supplies, pollution of their air and water, and excessive hunting and fishing.

We can not be sure that The Flood had no relationship to all flesh around that area having «corrupted its way»... The very protection of mankind from natural disasters that were inevitable from the contingent, limited perfection of the planet Earth as a habitat, might well have been mediated to human communities by great prophetic souls, even as Christ prophesied the destruction of Jerusalem as a consequence of his rejection, and because «in the day of your visitation, you did not know the things that were to your peace».

But declines are occurring in the absence of destruction of habitats, suggesting other causes such as pollution from pesticides, acid rain and increases in ultraviolet exposure or even change in climate (Blaustein & Wake 1990).

Today the cry of the poor in the Narmada Valley in India is not only to preserve their own habitat but to protect forests everywhere from wanton destruction.

«From the complete destruction of the Rockaway Boardwalk to recreational assets and natural habitats broken up by wind and water, New York City's parks were faced with unprecedented damage in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy,» Commissioner Mitchell Silver said.

The logic of sprawl saw cities eat up a larger and larger share of the surrounding real estate, fueling habitat destruction, smog from tailpipe emissions, runoff from impermeable pavement and other environmental ills.

«Popular sungazer lizards under threat from poaching: Poaching, habitat destruction put this unique and highly vulnerable species under pressure to survive.»

Then there are the delicate interactions between warblers and armyworm caterpillars, including what happens when the system breaks down through habitat destruction from logging and the overuse of insecticides.

Although many disappearances probably result from pollution or habitat destruction, others have taken place in seemingly pristine areas.

Population pressure from the reserve's human residents is to blame for most of the destruction of the forest and panda habitat, the scientists say.

But habitat destruction and invasive species means these California red - legged frogs — exalted for their impressive leaps (the world record jump was more than 6 meters), have largely disappeared from their natural range in Southern California, The Washington Post writes.

Bird and bumblebee species that nest late in the year are suffering more from the destruction of habitats, new research suggests.

The study is the first to give a global overview of all current plans to mine the seabed, in both national and international waters, and looks at the potential impacts including physical destruction of seabed habitats, creation of large underwater plumes of sediment and the effects of chemical, noise and light pollution arising from mining operations.

According to this volume, it is known from only two sites in eastern Zaire, where it is threatened by the destruction of its habitat.

The causes range from destruction of their local habitats to global depletion of the ozone layer

Conservationists say some 16 million sage grouse went from nearly blacking out the sun when they took wing over the sprawling western sagebrush to being nearly blacked out by the destruction of their habitat.

«Our findings suggest that large - brained animals might be better prepared to cope with environmental challenges such as climate change and habitat destruction,» said Dr Szekely, who worked with researchers from the Autonomous University of Barcelona (Spain), Pannon University (Hungary) and McGill University (Canada) on the project.

Aside from the obvious fact that there could hardly be a worse approach to climate change, it certainly won't help address the equally important ecological destruction that is a result of human overshoot — habitat destruction, ocean acidification, over-fishing, logging, pollution, etc..

At the same time, field collection of these samples is becoming difficult due to rising concerns worldwide that the natural assets of biodiversity - rich nations need protection from over-sampling, excessive commercialization, and habitat destruction.

Palm oil, the leading constituent in most MCT oils, is typically harvested from native palm forests, contributing to the destruction of some of the last remaining habitats for orangutans.

Wild bird populations, like many wild animal populations, are under extreme pressure worldwide, mostly from human practices and habitat destruction.

The unfortunate result of this headline - grabbing junk science is to divert attention from the true threats to wildlife — habitat destruction, pollution and climate change — in favor of scapegoating cats.

Michele Raffin — founder and CEO of Pandemonium Aviaries, a Northern California conservation organization dedicated to saving birds — recounts how rescuing an injured dove she spotted on the side of the road some 15 years ago launched her on the long, winding road she traveled moving Pandemonium from seat - of - the - pants rescue operation to internationally prominent breeding facility for avian species facing extinction due to the destruction of their natural habitat.

Thanks to the efforts of Mr. Rabinowitz Belize is home to the world's first and only Jaguar preserve — the Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary, 150 square miles of land restricted from hunting, fishing, logging or any other kind of habitat destruction.

Continuing threats to bald eagle populations include lead poisoning from ammunition in hunter - shot prey, collisions with motor vehicles and stationary structures, and development - related destruction of shoreline nesting, perching, roosting and foraging habitats.

Your mission: protect and conserve the planet's species and habitats from destruction.

Maybe global habitat destruction, unpredictable effects from modifying the global atmosphere, and the peaking of petroleum production are classified so General Hayden can't talk about them.

«Humans already interfere - massively - with Nature in diverse ways ranging from uncontrolled habitat destruction to «rewilding», big - cat captive breeding programs, the eradication of blindness - causing parasitic worms, and so forth,» added Pearce.

First, the trees are found, marked and felled in a process that all too often involves clear - cutting, resulting in massive habitat destruction and long - term ecological damage.Mega - machinery comes in to remove the logs from what used to be forest, either by logging trucks or even helicopters in more remote areas.

The oceans are under constant pressure from chemical and nutrient pollution, overfishing, habitat destruction and CO2 - driven ocean acidification.

July 2010 — Greenpeace International publishes «Pulping the Planet», revealing that major companies, including KFC, Pizza Hut and Tesco, are buying from APP and showing how APP is contributing to the destruction of tiger habitat in Sumatra.

Julia Lehmann, from Roehampton University, said: «In reality, the effects of climate change on African apes may be much worse, as our model does not take into account possible anthropogenic effects, such as habitat destruction by humans and the hunting of apes for bushmeat.»

And here are just a few other «side effects» of mining on public lands in the West: cyanide spills; wildlife habitat destruction and fish kills caused by poisoned waters; and water pollution caused by acid mine drainage, which leaches potentially toxic heavy metals like lead, copper, and zinc from rocks.

Human suffering resulting from drought and famine in Ethiopia is tragic, yes, but the destruction there of other creatures and habitat is even more tragic.

Our continued destruction and degradation of natural habitat, driving extinction, means much less carbon storage and the loss of water from natural systems as well as our own.

Creation of the sanctuary would provide whales the protection they so desperately need, not just from the years of unabated commercial killing but also from the environmental threats and habitat destruction that is plaguing our oceans.

... According to a review by Lovich and Ennen (2013), the construction and operation of wind farms have both potential and known impacts on terrestrial vertebrates, such as: (i) increase in direct mortality due to traffic collisions; (ii) destruction and modification of the habitat, including road development, habitat fragmentation and barriers to gene flow; (iii) noise effects, visual impacts, vibration and shadow flicker effects from turbines; (iv) electromagnetic field generation; (v) macro and microclimate change; (vi) predator attraction; and (vii) increase in fire risks.

Even without putting climate change into the mix, recent extinction has proceeded at least 3 - 80 times above long - term background rates (Barnosky et al., 2011) and possibly much more (Pimm and Brooks, 1997; Pimm et al., 1995; WRI, 2005), 17 primarily from human - caused habitat destruction and overexploitation of species.

Putra realized that in addition to anti-poaching efforts, his work could not be complete without addressing a much larger threat rapidly outpacing conservation: habitat destruction from illegal palm oil plantations.

The policy from global warming progressives involves tales of the collapse of western civilisation and capitalism leading to less growth, less material consumption, less CO2 emissions, less habitat destruction and a last late chance to stay within the safe limits of global ecosystems.

The effects of urban sprawl are numerous, ranging from increased transportation costs, greenhouse gas emissions, permanent alteration and destruction of habitats, and on.

Native to the Sierra Madre Occidental in Mexico, the woodpecker species is believed to have gone extinct with the complete destruction of its habitat from logging, with nary a sighting after 1956.

[10] Some of the main threats to European tree frogs include habitat fragmentation and destruction, pollution of wetlands, predation from fish, capture for the pet trade, [9][10] and climate change.

Switching to cleaner energy does nothing directly to address over consumption of natural resources, biodiversity loss & habitat destruction, the gross land - use disaster that is suburban sprawl, and soil degradation resulting from destructive agricultural practices.